We are not prepared to recognize that women’s rights are fundamentally human rights cutting across cultures, regions and religions

Dr Gull Wani

The RSS Chief Mr. Mohan Bhagwat has created a virtual storm by saying that rape is mainly prevalent in urban India. He attributes it to the impact of western culture and influence mainly prevalent in urban India, and Bharat which houses the rural and the countryside is immune to it. Speaking More

Boba has lived long and has gained a lot of knowledge on the sidelines

Ajaz Baba

Granny or to use the Proper Noun for her, the Proper Kashmiri Noun that is, Boba is a storehouse of wisdom and tradition. The other day I was discussing soothsayers and tarot cards and other future predicting devices and accessories with my cousin. When I began explaining about crystal balls (which More

An eye for eye only makes the whole world blind

Rashad Hussain

India, as a nation, has maintained a good approach towards international law from times immemorial as it was established in the theory and practice in ancient India that it was the moral responsibility of a king to safeguard the envoy sent to his court by other kings. Kautilya’s Arthshatra endorses More

Will he really lead the PKK to say a farewell to arms

Mustafa Akyol

These days, there is a new hope in Turkey that the three-decade-old armed conflict between the state and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) might come to an end. Yet the man who is expected to build this peace is someone that many Turks would try and kill with their bare hands: Abdullah Ö More

Musharraf Divided Hurriyat: Sehrai

ZAHID MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Jan 5: Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Saturday asked separatist groups not to advocate Musharaff’s four point formula or any other readymade solution for resolving More

Srinagar, Jan 5: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah Saturday said that his government has focused health care sector as one of the important concerns in the State’s development policy. Inaugurating Madr More

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Islamabad, Jan 5: Warning that "forces of doom and gloom" are bent on derailing the system, Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has said that Pakistan will have to redefine its military doctrine to comprehensively More

‘Inconsistent Pak Policy Responsible For Friction Among Hurriyat’

TARIQ NAQASH

Muzaffarabad, Jan 5: Chairman of United Jihad Council (UJC) and Supreme commander of Hizbul Mujahideen Syed Salahuddin on Saturday said that former President of Pakistan Parvez Musharraf “backstabbed” More